There has been one brief teaser trailer for Kung-Fu Panda 2 (“kung-fu staring contest!”) that offered only a slight bit of actual footage. Now there is a TV spot that delivers a bit more. Check it out after the break.

This is pretty skimpy stuff, I know, but in the week between Christmas and New Year’s, there’s not a lot of new material out there. But this is a nice Jack Black refresher to help wash away the taste of Gulliver’s Travels. Kung-Fu Panda was relatively fun, and now that the story is all established I’m hoping the sequel might provide a good dose of family-oriented martial arts entertainment before DreamWorks really begins milking the idea of stretching the series out into oblivion.

Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five – Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. It is up to Po and The Furious Five to journey across China to face this threat and vanquish it. But how can Po stop a weapon that can stop kung fu? He must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.